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-- e IV. WORK SESSION: COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY STRATEGY At Mr. Gleason's suggestion, council decided to reverse the order of Agenda Items IV and V. Robin Johnson, Consultant; John Van Landingham; and Jan Oliver, Housing Poli- cy Board, presented the Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) for council discussion. Ms. Johnson said the CHAS is a Federal requirement and must be completed by entitlement communities through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to ensure receipt of housing funds and Community Development Block Grant funds. She noted the creation of the CHAS was greatly enhanced by the work that was done by the Lane County Housing Task Force in 1989, and work by the Housing Policy Board (HPB). A public hearing on the CHAS was held by the HPB on October 3. Mr. Van Landingham distributed information on public input received and the HPB recommendations. He said the board had approved the following recommen- dations: I through 7, 9, 10, 14 (amended), 15, 16, 17 (amended), 18, 19 ,20, 31, 32, 33, and 38. He noted that the River Road/Santa Clara area was not included in the CHAS. Mr. Van Landingham touched briefly on the following: Numbers I and 2 are commitments to a better public process for the next CHAS submission. Numbers II and 12 call for increased emphasis and priority for housing for single adults. e Numbers 13 and 14 are general comments from people for added shelter space and a specific proposal from Springfield Mayor Morrisette for more transi- tional housing for the homeless. Number 14 is a compromise, adding emergency housing. Number 19 reflects Springfield's priorities regarding preference for new construction, home ownership, and rehabilitation housing (in that order). Number 21 asks that all the money be targeted to very low-income people (the board cannot recommend this because it would delete some programs for home ownership and rehabilitation). Number 38 addresses enhancement of homelessness prevention strategies. Mr. MacDonald expressed appreciation for the board's recognition of public comment from housing advocates. He raised the concern of additional emergen- cy shelter based on a letter from the Interfaith Family Shelter forwarded by the Intergovernmental Human Services Committee's staff stating that there is a waiting list for emergency housing. The board was commended for its work. Council action on the CHAS is sched- uled for November 4. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 23, 1991 Page 6 Lunch Meeting